Flat-iron handle cooler.



H. W. SIDGBEAVES. FLAT IRON HANDLE COOLER.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 15, 1909.

' Patented June 14,1910.

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HENRY W. SIDGREAVES, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FLAT-IRON-I-IANDLE COOLER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY W. SID- onnavns', a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, have invented new and useful Improvements in Flat-Iron- HandleCoolers, of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to improvements in cooling devices for flat ironhandles, the object being to provide a device of this character which issimple in construction, cheap to manufacture and which is thoroughlyefficient in operation.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription progresses the invention resides in the novel constructionof elements and their arrangement in operative combination as will behereinafter fully described and claimed.

in the accompanying drawing there has been illustrated a simple andpreferred embodiment of the improvement and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in applied position upon anordinary water pail. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewshowing the device revolved so as to bring the handle into contact withthe water within the pail. Fig. 3 is a partial bottom plan view of thedevice. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view through one of the attachingmembers.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designates an ordinary waterpail which is provided with the usual upstanding ears 2 adapted for thereception of the ball or handle 3.

The numeral 4: designates an improved cooling apparatus. This apparatusis connected with the sides of the pail through the medium of suitableattaching members designated by the numeral 5. The attaching memberscomprise suitable brackets provided with substantially U-shaped legportions, the outer member of which is threaded and adapted for thereception of a threaded element 6, which members bear against the outerface of the pail 1 and forces the inner leg member toward the inner faceof the pail. The members 5 are also provided with upstanding ears 7 andthese ears are adapted for the reception of a cross sectionalcylindrical rod 8 which forms a support or trunnion for the iron holdingmember 9. By reference to Figs. 1 and 4: of the drawings it will benoted that the rod or trun Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 15, 1909.

Patented J 11116 14, 1919.

Serial No. 522,903.

nion 8 has one of its ends projecting a suitable distance beyond one ofthe bracket members 5 so as to provide a means whereby the device may beattached to pails of different sizes and it will be further noted thatthe said rod 8 has both of its ends provided with heads 10 which areadapted to serve as a means for retaining the brackets upon the rod whenthe device is not applied to the pail.

It will be noted by reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings that the rod 8is provided adjacent one of its ends with an enlargement which isadapted to bear against the inner face of the upstanding ear 7 of one ofthe attaching members 5, so as to prevent the longitudinal movement ofthe said rod.

The iron holding device as illustrated in the several figures of thedrawings comprises a wire basket forming a substantially rectangularmember having one of its ends open as at 11 and its upper face providedwith a longitudinally arranged passage 12 whereby the handle 13 of theiron 14 may be projected a suitable distance beyond the top of thebasket. The rod 8 as well as the basket 9 is provided with atransversely arranged handle member 15, the said member being of asufficient length to bear against the outer edge of the pail 1 and toretain the basket in a substantially horizontal position. The iron isinserted through the open face 11 of the basket 9 while its handle 13projects through the member 12 and when the heated iron is so positionedit is merely necessary to grasp the handle 15 and rotate the basket 9upon its trunnion 8 so as to invert the said basket and to cause thehandle of the iron to be immersed in the water contained in the pail,thus providing an effective means for cooling the handle without dangerof burning the hand of the user and at the same time allowing the ironproper to retain its heat.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new is:

1. In combination with a pail adapted for the reception of a quantity ofwater, of a basket having trunnions mounted in bearings secured to thesides of the pail, a handle connected with the basket and projecting atan angle to the trunnions beyond one of the sides of the pail, the saidbasket having an open end and a longitudinally extending opening at itstop whereby the flat iron may be inserted within the basket and itshandle projected through the longitudinal opening,

substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. In combination with a pail adapted for the reception of a quantity ofwater, of a basket having trunnions engaging bearings secured to thesides of the pail, a handle connected with the basket and projecting atan angle to the trunnions beyond one side of the pail, said basketcomprising a rectangular member constructed of wires and being providedwith an open front, and having its top provided with a longitudinallyeX-' tending passage, the body of the basket being adapted for thereception of a flat iron and the longitudinal passage being adapted toprovide a space through which the handle of the iron projects.

3. In combination with a pail adapted for the reception of a quantity ofWater, U-

shaped bracket members for the pail, the

outer arms of said bracket members being provided with threadedretaining elements, the said brackets being also provided withprojecting ears having openings, a cylindrical rod positioned within theopenings of the ears, said rod having its ends provided withenlargements and the said rod being also provided with a rectangularbasket member, the basket having one of its ends open and its topprovided with a longitudinally extending centrally arranged slot, and ahandle connected with the rear face of the basket and projecting at anangle beyond one side of the pail.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY W. SIDGREAVES. Witnesses:

THOS. W. MCKNIGHT, JOHN W. OHARA.

